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CBP Spring 2020 Update
Chesapeake Bay Program Spring 2020 Update Chesapeake Bay Program releases 2018-19 Bay Barometer The 2018-19 Bay Barometer was released on March 25, with a decidedly different look and feel than in previous years. As only seven indicators had been updated in the past year (blue crab abundance, blue crab management, oysters, protected lands, public access, SAV and watershed...
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NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Spring 2020 Update Oyster Reef Ecosystem Services Project Leads Discuss Findings Primary investigators for projects that are part of the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office’s Oyster Reef Ecosystem Services Project met virtually in mid-April to talk through research findings. The group is also collaborating on sharing their research findings in a NOAA Fisheries...
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Aerial SAV Surveys Support Collaborative Science, Management, and Restoration Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is a vital component in the health of the Chesapeake Bay and worldwide coastal ecosystems. The SAV program, centered at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) is world-renowned for its monitoring and restoration projects. Robert “JJ” Orth, program director of the SAV...
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Chesapeake Bay Program Winter 2020 Update Relocation of the Chesapeake Bay Program The Chesapeake Bay Program, consisting of the National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Office, Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program Office, federal employees from the U.S. Forest Service and supporting grantees and contractors, will move to 1750 Forest Drive, Annapolis, Maryland later on this...
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NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Winter 2020 Update Chesapeake Bay Environmental Literacy Forum Highlights MWEEs The Chesapeake Bay Program’s Environmental Literacy Forum brought together roughly 200 educators and state education officials to focus on implementing Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) at the Environmental Literacy Forum, January 22-23, at the National...
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Virginia Tech to Receive Impact Innovations Award from Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society In late January, the Center for Educational Networks and Impacts (CENI), housed within Virginia Tech’s Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology, was selected to receive the inaugural Impact Innovations Award from the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS). The award...
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